Heat deaths in Washington State. From Seattle station KOMO:
Washington's heat wave death toll rises to 78
Washington State health officials say at least 78 people died from heat-related illnesses during last week’s extreme heat wave.
In comparison, 39 people died from heat-related illnesses from 2015 – 2020, including seven last summer, according to data from the state health department.
They cut their numbers off at 2015.
The major heat wave of July/August 2009 would be - how shall we say - an inconvenient truth...
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